Eckart Diesch (born 1 May 1954 in

Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''K ...

) is a German

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, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in the '' Flying Dutchman Class'' with

Jörg Diesch Jörg Diesch (born 29 September 1951 in Friedrichshafen) is a German sailor, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in the '' Flying Dutchman Class'' with Eckart Diesch at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montreal i ...

at the

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. He received a gold medal at the 1986 world championships, and received five silver medals and two bronze medals between 1975 and 1985, all with

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* * * 1954 births Living people German male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Olympic sailors for West Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Sportspeople from Friedrichshafen Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Flying Dutchman class world champions World champions in sailing for Germany 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-yachtracing-bio-stub